NBC acquires drama pilot 'Legends'

NBC has acquired drama pilot "Stories" from Lionsgate, with Howard Gordon ("24," "Homeland") and Jeffrey Nachmanoff professional creating. Nachmanoff will direct their own script, a good undercover agent who assumes legendary details -- while visiting face the chance that their own identity is imaginary too. Nachmanoff and Gordon created a partnership following the former directed two instances of "Homeland," the Showtime newcomer hit. The author shares script credit on 2004's "The Next Day Of Tomorrow" with Roland Emmerich, and has co-written "The Final Stand," an element with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Forest Whitaker scheduled for any 2013 release. Also creating "Stories" is twentieth century Fox TV. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com